Intro:  G D7
 
 
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Well, the south side of Chicago    Is the baddest part of town.
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And if you go down there    You better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown.
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Now, Leroy more than trouble,    You see he stand about 'bout six foot four.
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All the downtown ladies call him "treetop lover."    All the men just call him "sir."

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And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,    The baddest man in the whole damn town.
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Badder than old King Kong    And meaner than a junkyard dog.

 
Now, Leroy, he a gambler,    and he like his fancy clothes.
And he like to wave diamond rings    in front of everybody's nose
He got a custom Continental.    He got an Eldorado too.
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.    He got a razor in his shoe.

 
Chorus

Well, Friday 'bout a week ago,    Leroy's shootin' dice.
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris    and oh, that girl look nice
Well, he cast his eyes upon her    and the trouble soon began.
And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson 'bout messin'    with the wife of a jealous man

 
Chorus

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Well, the two men took to fightin'    And when they pulled them from the floor,
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Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.

Chorus x2 

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Yes, you were badder than old King Kong
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And meaner than a junkyard dog.